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The developer behind Phoenix's CityScape project is putting building information modeling software to work. Hunt Construction Group is using an Artra's solution to build three-dimensional models of the project before ever pouring the concrete. The software integrates all the necessary construction information and documentation.

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The developer behind Phoenix's CityScape project is putting building information modeling software to work. Hunt Construction Group is using an Artra's solution to build three-dimensional models of the project before ever pouring the concrete. The software integrates all the necessary construction information and documentation.

As federal funds dwindle, the Associated General Contractors of America has made a bid to Congress to keep investing in long-term infrastructure projects. "Stimulus has made a difference, but Congress needs to provide long-term funding for transportation and water projects to assure further economic growth," said AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson. Construction spending fell in May.

General Electric plans to partner with Portland, Ore., to upgrade the city's buildings with energy-saving tools and technologies, including energy monitoring systems and electric vehicle plug-in stations. "We aspire to this driving Portland as an icon of sustainability," said Lisa Abuaf, a senior project manager with the Portland Development Commission.

Critics of the 1 World Trade Center project have been quieted, according to this piece, now that real estate developer Douglas Durst has joined forces with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The project is expensive -- costing about $1,269 a square foot -- but the office building once known as the Freedom Tower is now being billed as a symbol of the resurgence of Lower Manhattan with international appeal.